How we respond to marine pollution incidents
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How to report marine pollution incidents, the response to an incident and how to get approval to use an oil spill treatment product.
Adapted edition
- Document type
- Reference Guide
- Format
- DOCX
- Pages
- 6
- Language
- English
- Version
- 1.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-17
- Category
- Information security
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
Description
How to report marine pollution incidents, the response to an incident and how to get approval to use an oil spill treatment product. Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.
Contents
- Introduction
- Incidents
- Report and respond to a marine pollution incident
- Oil spill treatment products
- Rapid MMO approval to use oil spill treatment products
- Environmental response to marine pollution incidents
- Secretary of States' Representative (SOSREP)
- Environment groups
- Environmental Monitoring
- Further information
- Contact information
- Marine Conservation and Enforcement Team / MMO Marine Pollution Response Team
- MMO Marine Pollution Incidents Line (office hours)
- MMO Marine Pollution Incidents Line (out of office hours)
Source and licence
Marine Management Organisation
AttributionMarine Management Organisation, ‘How we respond to marine pollution incidents’ (updated 31 July 2018), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
ChangesNeutral text-only adaptation from the official GOV.UK Content API body: headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered list items and clickable source-link destinations in an appendix preserved. Images, logos, page design, accessible-format request widgets and linked attachments excluded; normalised whitespace, invisible format marks and typography.
Version history
- v1.017/09/2026